Breast-strap slide.



No. 869,234. I PATENTED OCT. 29. 1907.

N. DURAND.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

NOltBERT DURAND, OF RANGE, wIsooNsIN, ASSIGNOR or ONE-FOURTH TO JOECARPENTER AND ONE-FOURTH TO EARNEST P. EKEGREN, or RANGE, WISCONSIN.

BREAST-STRAP SLIDE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 29, 1907'.

Application filed November 30, 1906- Serial No. 345.698.

' To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NORBERT DURAND, a citizen of the United States,residing at Range, in the county of Polk and State of Wisconsin, haveinvented a new and useful Breast-Strap Slide, of which the following isa specification.

The invention relates to improvements in breast strap slides.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction ofbreast strap slides, and to provide a simple and efiicient device ofgreat strength and durability adapted to be cheaply manufactured, andcapable of preventing too free a movement of the neck yoke connectionson the breast strap, and thereby reduce to a minimum the jerking of thetongue or pole upon the horses, and at the same time enable a team to beguided and driven with greater ease.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in theconstruction and novel combination of parts hereinafter fully described,illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and pointed out in the claimshereto appended; it being understood that various changes in the form,proportion, size and minor details of construction, within the scope ofthe claims, may be resorted to without departing from the spirit orsacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawing:Figure 1 is a perspective view of a breast strap slide,constructed in accordance with this invention and shown applied to abreast strap and a neck yoke. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation partly insection of the breast strap slide. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectionalview. Fig. 4 is a rear elevation of another form of the invention, whichform is adapted to take the place of the twin neck yoke.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawing.

1 designates a breast strap slide, composed of a front wall 2, a curvedtop wall 3, rearwardly extending arms or portions 4 and upwardlyextending arms or portions 5, which are arranged at the back of theslide and which connect the rear ends of the arms or portions 4 with thecurved top 3. The curved top 3 presents a lower convex face 6 to thebreast strap 7, and it extends from one side of the device to the other.The front wall 2 is imperforate, and the side arms or portions 4, whichextend rearwardly from the front wall, are located at the bottom of theslide at opposite sides thereof. The rear arms or portions 5'are formedintegral with the top and with the rear ends of the arms or portions 4.The side arms or portions 4 are spaced from the curved top 3, and therear arms or portions 5 are spaced from the front wall 2 to provide sideopenings 8, through which the breast strap passes, and a recess-oropening 9 is formed at the back of the slide.

pending neck yoke ring-receiving member, which in Figs. 1 to 3inclusive, is in the form of a snap hook 10, and the latter is adaptedtoengage the ring 11 of a neck yoke 12, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 1of the drawing. The shank and the bill of the hook 10 are rounded, asshown, and the neck yoke ring 11 is confined in the hook by a pivotedtongue 13, which is in the form of a casing and which houses a coiledspring 14. The tongue 13 is composed of two sides and a connectingportion 15; the sides, which fit against the opposite faces of the shankportion of the hook 10, are extended at their upper ends beyond theconnecting portion 15 to provide a pair of ears 16, and the latter areperforated for the reception of a pivot 17 which secures the tongue tothe front wall of the slide. One of the sides of the pivotal tongue hasits inner longitudinal edge bent outward to form a projecting lip orflange 19, which enables the pivoted member to be readily operated toengage the hook with and disengage it from the neck yoke ring. Thecoiled spring, which is arranged within the pivoted member, isinterposed between the outer wall or portion 15, and the shank of thehook, which is provided with a socket 20 to receive the inner end of thespring. The spring holds the lower end of the outer wall or portion 15normally against the bill of the hook, which is provided at its inneredge with a recess 10 to receive the tongue. The pivoted spring actuatedtongue confines the neck yoke ring 11 within the hook and effectuallyprevents the ring from becoming accidentally disconnected from the hook.v

In Fig. 4 of the drawing the front wall of the slide is provided with adepending loop 21 for connection with a neck yoke, having the usualsemi-circular hook or ring at its ends for detachably engaging the loop21. By this arrangementthe usual twin yoke is dispensed with, the slideand loop taking the place of the said yoke.

The side arms or portions 4 are connected at their rear ends by a bolt22, which secures the front end of a martingale 23 to the breast slide.The side arms or portions 4 are provided with perforations to receivethe bolt 22, and a sleeve 24 is preferably arranged on the bolt betweenthe sides of the slide to prevent wear on the martingale. The front endof the martingale is passed around the sleeve and is secured by a rivet25 to form a front loop 26.

The breast strap slide, which possesses great strength and durability,is adapted to hold the neck yoke and the tongue or pole steady, and itreduces the jerking of the horses to a minimum.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is

A breast strap slide comprising a curved top wall pre senting an innerconvex face to the breast strap, a front wall or plate extendingdownwardly from the front edge of formed integral with one another, arear pin connecting the curved top wall and provided with a dependingneck the contiguous terminals of the said arms and arranged to yolieengaging portion arranged in the same longitudinal hold a martingale inclose connection with the breast strap. plane as the front plate orwall, lower arms extending rear- In testimony, that I claim theforegoing as my own, I

5 wardly from the front plate or wall in spaced relation with I havehereto afiixed my signature in the presence of two 15 the curved topwall at the ends thereof, upwardly extend Witnesses.

ing rear arms connecting the rear ends of the lower arms NORBERT DURAND.with the terminals of the top wall at the rear edge thereof Witnesses:

to form guide openings for the breast strap, the said top I H. J. Sornn,

10 wall, the front wall or plate and the said arms being A. A. EKEGREN.

